Gravat holder



May 9, 1950 c. MARIEN 2,507,478

I CRAVAT HOLDER Filed Nov. 20, 1948 VIIIIIIOI I6 )5 INVENTOR. Ckmenfmien Patented May 9, 1950 UNITED STATES {PATENT OFFICE Clement Marion, Attleboro, Masa, assignor to Swank, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application November 20, 1948, Serial No. 61,261.

Claims- 1 This invention relates to a cravet holder of the type which is mounted upon the shirt and engages, the opposite edges. of the cravat to hold the same in place.

It. ual in v ng n ni al u on a crav holder that some sort of frame is utilized for the initial with the initial interchangeable in the frame so that various initials may be selected for use in the frame, in order that the article upon which the frame is mounted may be appropriate to the individual using the same. Also where the opposite edges of the tie are gripped, there is usually no opportunity for the mounting of an initial in place.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a cravat holder which will grip the opposite edges of the cravat and yet there may be provided initials to be observed over the opposite edges of the cravat.

Another object of this invention is to provide an initial mounting which will need no frame and yet may be interchangeable.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hinge mounting for the initial and utilize this hinge mounting as a means for detaching the initial from position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the cravat holder illustrating in dotted lines the cravat in position therein.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the cravat holder.

Figure 3 is a sectional view illustrating the jaw at one end of the holder in clamping position.

Figure 4 is a sectional view, similar to Figure 3, showing the jaw in open position.

Figure 5 is a sectional view showing the parts positioned for removal of the jaw from position.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the jaw alone,

Figure 7 is a bottom plan view of one end of the holder.

In proceeding with this invention, I have provided a back bar and slit the ends of the back bar so that a portion along the middle of the end may be deflected from the stock of the back bar to provide a spring finger for holding a removable jaw in position. The other two parts of the back bar on either side of the finger serve as a mounting for a pin which forms a pivot for the swinging jaw. The swinging jaw is provided with an arm which has an opening to receive the pin and is held in such assembled relation by the spring finger. It is merely necessary to lift the pinawayfrom, the spring rig-er in order that the jaw may be, removed. In this manner the initial which is utilizedforms apart of the jaw itself so that no frame need be used for the initialand. the initial. alone acting as thejaw will-be observedin the frontal? the tie.

With reference to the drawings, the back bar is designated H! which is provided with a, tongue I I cut from the center thereof and bent rearwardly so as to serve as a means for gripping the shirt between the tongue and the back bar for mounting the backbar thereon. The ends of the back bar are slit along parallel lines and the stock [2 between these slits is bent in one direction to provide a finger, while the stock at l3 and [4 outwardly of the slits is bent in the other direction to provide spaced arms and each arm is rolled at its end l5 so as to provide an eye which receives a pin 16 extending between these two eyes, while the other portion l2 serves as a spring finger urging a part of the jaw which will be later described.

into engagement with the pin.

Jaws H are provided at each end of the bar and comprise a body part [8 with a leg I9 extending downwardly at generally right angles to the body part [8 and then inwardly as at 20, generally parallel to the body part I8. This inwardly extending portion is notched, as at 2| (see Figure 5), of a size to receive the pin l6 while the finger l2 engages the outer flat surface 22 of this leg to urge it upwardly, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, so as to provide a good bearing engagement between the notch 2| and the pin it, enabling it to swing about the pin as a bearing. The leg also has a surface 23, at generally right angles to the edge surface 22, so that when the body is swung about the pin as a pivot from the position shown in Figure 3, to the position shown in Figure 4, the spring finger [2 will engage this surface 23 and hold the jaw in the position shown in Figure 4.

The body H; of the jaw is formed in the shape of an initial and this initial alone will be observed when the cravat holder is mounted upon the shirt and the tie is inserted therein. This insertion is readily accomplished by swinging the jaws l'l outwardly to the position shown in Figure 4, and then placing the tie along the front surface of the bar and swinging the jaws back into the position shown in Figure 3.

' In case it is desired to use some different letter the jaw with its leg l920 may be removed by merely forcing the portions l3 and I4, carrying the pin, upwardly, as shown in Figure 5, by means of the thumb nail engaging the bearing eyes l5 and the first finger engaging the outer obverse surface of the jaw, and then sliding the jaw outwardly beyond the end of the bar. For assembly a reverse operation is provided. By this arrangement a stock of initials with legs may be provided and they may be changed as desired. A frame is not needed for mounting the initial as the initial itself serves as the jaw.

I claim:

1. A cravat holder comprising a back bar having longitudinally extending spaced slits providing a pair of arms with a spring finger between, means to mount said bar on the edge of a shirt, a jaw having a leg with a notched recess, a pin supported by the arms to have pivotal bearing engagement in said recess and said spring finger engaging said leg to hold said pin in said assembled relation with said recess, and flexing sufficiently for removal of said pin from the notch in said leg.

2. A cravat holder as in claim 1 wherein said leg has a knee with the right angular surfaces and said spring engaging one or the other of said surfaces to hold the jaw in either one of two angular positions.

3. A cravat holder as in claim 1 wherein said jaw has a body and aleg having a portion at right 4 angles to said body and a part parallel thereto with a notch on said part parallel thereto opening toward said body.

4. A cravat holder as in claim 1 wherein said bar has said finger bent downwardly out of the stock at the end of the bar and said pin is supported by the stock at the ends of the bar from which said finger is bent.

CLEMENT MARIEN.

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